Who is The Mastermind? The daughter of a con-man and the woman of a dangerous, escaped convict, Chrissie Laursen is paying the price for her devotion to Nick Jessup in a Pennsylvania prison. Heartbroken at her lover's murder and enduring the hardships of incarceration, Chrissie is shocked to find Nick back from the supposed dead and on a warpath to free her. But can her love withstand the whirlwind of the nefarious cartel empire Nick has built in Mexico; plush, violent, and steeped in sexual submission? This new world pulls her ever deeper into Nick's deadly psychosis as he challenges her to step up and lead at his side. Further confusing her are the temptations of other powerful men who will do anything to have her for themselves. However it is the revelation of a horrible, long kept plot- a betrayal in Nick's past- that finally drives her away. Or does it? For as far as Chrissie runs, Nick has no intention of letting her go. Darkly disturbing and deeply erotic, this sequel to "The Outmate" drags the reader on a wild chase through Mexico, Miami, Canada, and Chrissie's own shattered mind, keeping the pages turning until the last climactic moment! http: //www.victorialtrenton.com for more titles by Trenton